In the UK the main times when parents will be applying for school places will be when their children are entering primary or secondary school.
Usually applications for secondary schools should be made by 31 October and applications for primary schools made by 15 January.
Dear parents, next month parents with children in Year 6 will be sent a letter from thier local government to start applying for secondary places for their kids.
Today I’m going to share with you some of the mistakes I made 7 years ago, when my son was in Year 6, that affected his learning and made him struggle a bit when he was in secondary school. I would urge you not to make the same mistake.
So here we go,
- I DID NOT DO ANY RESEARCH ABOUT THE SCHOOL
- I DID NOT GO TO THE OPEN DAY
- I DID NOT READ THE OFSTED REPORT
- I DID NOT CHANGED HIS SCHOOL WHEN HE WAS UNDERPERFORMING
- I WAS SO BUSY TO SUPPORT HIM AT HOME WITH HIS LEARNING UNTIL GCSES
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MY ADVICE TO PARENTS 👇
‼️PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU DO RESEARCH BEFORE YOU SEND YOUR CHILDREN TO ANY SCHOOL. ( your child’s academic future depends on this)
✅Check the school league table
✅Check how many children pass GCSES in that school every year.
✅Check their Ofsted Report
✅Take time off work and visit the school, ask questions
Dear parents, it’s very important that you do some research about the schools you want your school to go to.
👉Please don’t be like me, I didn’t do any research before I applied for a secondary place for my son.
He struggles academically in the school and I left him there without looking for an alternative school until it was time for him to sit for GCSEs, which was a bit too late.
👉Don’t allow the school to put your child in a box, don’t listen to them especially when they told you his expected grade is D, don’t settle for less. Your children have more potential.
👉If you see that your child is not making progress in their school and the schools are not helping, please change the school to a more better performing school.
Change is inevitable.
Your child might not like the change, but as parents you need to do what’s right for your child .
Please don’t leave things to the last minute .
Do you know if your child is a Harvard or Oxford candidate, you need to start supporting them now when they are still in preschool, because they can’t do it themselves.
But you are going to be the one that will help them get there.
🖍You need to consistently start working towards that now
If you don’t know, find information. Google is your friend!
WHEN WE KNOW BETTER WE DO BETTER!
If anybody should have the best interest for a child, it should be you, the parents.
Do your bit and leave the rest for God
I have a lot more to say on this topic, stay tuned so I will be sharing more in my subsequent post.
Thanks for reading through
I hope this helps
Olu ❤️❤️❤️
Positive Parenting With Olu 